Early-stage companies pioneering new modalities discussed the future of cardiometabolic therapy and partnering with big pharma at the LSX conference in London.

On the heels of a decade-long partnership with ViiV Healthcare that has helped 24 million people with HIV, the Medicines Patent Pool introduces a new version of its patent database for essential medicines and COVID-19 vaccines.

The voluntary withdrawal of the license for the UK major's COVID-19 vaccine is due to a surplus of available updated jabs from other companies that target new variants and is not connected to the mis- and disinformation being peddled on the internet and elsewhere on very rare adverse events.

The FTC is intensifying its crackdown on pharmaceutical companies' misuse of patent listings as industry seeks clearer guidelines.